Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Tanzania

Vulnerable employment in Tanzania in 2025 — 83.65%. Ranked 175 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 7.3 pp.

2025 83.65% −0.21 pp vs 2024
World rank 175of 182
Period maximum 90.96%1991
Period minimum 83.65%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Tanzania, 1991–202582848688909219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 90.96%1992: 90.8%1993: 90.7%1994: 90.67%1995: 90.62%1996: 90.54%1997: 90.43%1998: 90.3%1999: 90.15%2000: 90%2001: 89.8%2002: 89.55%2003: 89.25%2004: 88.93%2005: 88.59%2006: 88.25%2007: 87.91%2008: 87.58%2009: 87.29%2010: 86.97%2011: 86.75%2012: 86.47%2013: 86.18%2014: 85.88%2015: 85.61%2016: 85.33%2017: 85.04%2018: 84.76%2019: 84.48%2020: 84.96%2021: 84.47%2022: 84.25%2023: 84.04%2024: 83.86%2025: 83.65%
Change over the period: −7.3 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 83.65%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Vulnerable employment — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 83.65 −0.21 pp
2024 83.86 −0.18 pp
2023 84.04 −0.2 pp
2022 84.25 −0.22 pp
2021 84.47 −0.49 pp
2020 84.96 +0.48 pp
2019 84.48 −0.28 pp
2018 84.76 −0.29 pp
2017 85.04 −0.29 pp
2016 85.33 −0.28 pp
2015 85.61 −0.27 pp
2014 85.88 −0.29 pp
2013 86.18 −0.29 pp
2012 86.47 −0.28 pp
2011 86.75 −0.22 pp
2010 86.97 −0.32 pp
2009 87.29 −0.28 pp
2008 87.58 −0.34 pp
2007 87.91 −0.33 pp
2006 88.25 −0.34 pp
2005 88.59 −0.34 pp
2004 88.93 −0.32 pp
2003 89.25 −0.3 pp
2002 89.55 −0.25 pp
2001 89.8 −0.19 pp
2000 90 −0.16 pp
1999 90.15 −0.15 pp
1998 90.3 −0.14 pp
1997 90.43 −0.1 pp
1996 90.54 −0.09 pp
1995 90.62 −0.05 pp
1994 90.67 −0.03 pp
1993 90.7 −0.1 pp
1992 90.8 −0.16 pp
1991 90.96

About the indicator

The share of own-account workers and contributing family workers in total employment. The ILO devised the category as a substitute for informal employment where informality is not measured: such workers usually have no employment contract, no social insurance and no protection against dismissal, and their income depends directly on what they produce. In the poorest countries this share exceeds three quarters of the employed — wage work there is closer to an exception.

Important: Not the same as informal employment: an employee without a contract does not fall into this category, though they are no better protected. The indicator understates informality in countries where off-the-books hiring is widespread.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.